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Our Soldier BoysDonohue, 1917 8.75"x10.5" Color pictorial wraps. [12]pp including covers with three full-page color and two full-page sepia illustrations plus smaller images within the text. A description of the doughboy's life for children, published during World War I. Small penciled price to corner of upper cover, minor spine wear. Near Fine.
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85.00 USD

The Diamond Jubilee Book of Scouting, 1907-1967London: Pearson (1966) 8vo Decorated boards. 123pp with illustrations from color and black & white photographs and drawings. This book commemorates -- in essays, recollections, photographs and cartoons -- the first "sixty glorious years." About Very Good in lightly stained dustjacket.
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10.00 USD

Adrian, MaryHoneybee[New York]: Holiday House (1952) First Edition Latham, Barbara 8vo Decorated cloth. 49pp. Illustrated throughout with beautiful color lithographs by Barbara Latham. The fascinating story of the honeybee told simply so that children can read it themselves. Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket (small tear and light wear to spine). A Holiday House Easy Science Book.
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60.00 USD

Bailey, BernadineIceland In Story and PicturesChicago: Albert Whitman, 1946 Revised Edition Wiese, Kurt 8"x6" Decorated grey cloth. [30]pp with lovely color and black & white lithographs throughout by Kurt Wiese. A title in the Second Series of Pictured Geographies. Fine in dustjacket with tears and tiny corner chips.
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15.00 USD

Bancroft, Jessie H.Games for the Playground, Home, School and GymnasiumNew York: Macmillan, 1915 (1909) Octavo. Burgundy cloth decoratively stamped in colors. 456pp + 7pp (appendix) + adverts. Illustrated with diagrams and full-page photographs. Once upon a time, not so long ago, children had to amuse themselves (what a concept) and these are the games they played: Garden Scamp, Skyte the Bob, Puss in the Corner, Tossing Wands, Pinch-O, Barley Break, Tree Party, and many others. Quite a wonderful book with a charm all its own. Some light rubbing to extremities else Very Good.
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10.00 USD

Bang, MollyCommon Ground: The Water, Earth, And Air We ShareNew York: The Blue Sky Press (1997) First Edition 8vo. Pictorial boards. [36]pp with wonderful color illustrations by Caldecott Honor winner Molly Bang. A simple but accurate and easily understandable explanation for children of how overuse of natural resources threatens our planet and the problems we must solve together if we're to save the world for ourselves and future generations. Inspired by Garrett Hardin's article on population and the dilemma of shared resources, "The Tragedy of the Commons," published in Science, volume 162, in 1968. Fine in dustjacket.
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30.00 USD

Bendick, JeanneThe First Book of AirplanesNew York: Franklin Watts, 1958 Fifth Printing 8vo Decorated turquoise boards. 63pp with the author's graphic illustrations throughout in turquoise, black & white, including pictorial endpapers. A thorough look at airplanes: what makes a plane fly, an explanation of lift, the parts of a plane, the different kinds of planes including balloons, blimps and dirigibles, the history of flight, the speed of planes, and much more. Upper corners lightly bumped else Very Good+ Dustjacket with minor soil and a few closed edge tears. The verso of the jacket lists other titles in the First Book series.
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10.00 USD

Bendick, JeanneThe First Book of AutomobilesNew York: Franklin Watts, 1955 Seventh Printing 8vo Decorated yellow boards. 62pp with the author's lively illustrations throughout in red, black & white, including pictorial endpapers. What a great little book. It covers the history of the auto, famous early cars, how cars changed America, car factories and designing new cars and much more than you would ever think to ask. There are even instructions so kids can build their own car. Upper corners lightly bumped else Near Fine in dustjacket. The verso of the jacket lists other titles in the First Book series.
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10.00 USD

Carrick, CarolTwo Very Little SistersNew York: Clarion Books (1993) First Edition Weihs, Erika 4to Glazed pictorial boards. 32pp with color illustrations. The true story of two very little women who were children in the 1870's. The talented sisters were circus performers for thirty years, neither hindered by nor relying on their small stature to make them successful. Weihs' illustrations are outstanding. Fine in dustjacket.
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15.00 USD

D'Alelio, JaneI Know That Building! Discovering Architecture with Activities and GamesWashington: Preservation Press, 1989 First Edition 9"x12" Softcover. 88pp with over 200 illustrations. Contains 29 projects: puzzles, games, quizzes, models to make and pages to color. There are models of a one-room schoolhouse, a covered bridge, and two skyscrapers to build; a Victorian house to decorate, gargoyle masks to wear, a card game about architects and much more. A National Trust activity book for children age 8 and up. Light shelfwear; lower corners bumped. Good+
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10.00 USD

d'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar ParinGeorge WashingtonGarden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1936 Folio. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. [56]pp with the d'Aulaire's rich color and black & white illustrations throughout, the lithography by William Glaser in this early printing. An account written for children of the life of the first American President. The d'Aulaires won the Caldecott Medal for their portrayal of Abraham Lincoln. Child's name and address upper paste-down. Spine head torn and frayed, corners worn, edges rubbed, covers lightly soiled. Two leaves with mended gutter tears; hinges repaired. The final portrait of Washington has some neat outlining by a child and a small stain in the margin of the facing page else contents clean. Reading copy.
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15.00 USD

Dalgliesh, AliceRide on the WindNew York: Scribner's, 1956 First Edition Schreiber, Georges 8"x10" Pictorial cloth. [32]pp. Dalgliesh retold "The Spirit of St. Louis" for picture book format, a feat which Charles Lindburgh proclaimed "extraordinarily well done." Schreiber's accompanying full color and two-color illustrations are marvelous, particularly the double-page spreads of the plane flying through a moonlit sky and Lindburgh's much feted night landing at the airdrome of Le Bourget. Near Fine in frayed dustjacket with small chip to spine head.
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25.00 USD